#16B494#16B494

#16B494 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B494
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(168, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 17.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -45.22, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 45.58, 172.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.1273 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.128 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9945, 34.9483, 33.5977)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B494 #B41636

analogous

#16B445 #16B494 #1685B4

triadic

#16B494 #9416B4 #B49416

tetradic

#16B494 #4516B4 #B41636 #85B416

square

#16B494 #4516B4 #B41636 #85B416

split-complementary

#16B494 #B41685 #B44516

monochromatic

#09473A #0F7D67 #16B494 #23E4BD #5AEBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#16B494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#16B494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B494

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B494	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbb3',
    500: '#16b494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b494;
$custom-light: #75cbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.848,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68829,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B494

secondary

#CE5870

accent

#335AF5

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF9F6

border

#C9D2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B494

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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